Yi Xin as a concubine

Chapter 185 Friends, not enemies

"Hey, hey, hey, Bao'er girl, after all, we are your only relatives left in this world. Are you just going to watch your man bully us?"

Qin Chu was really irritated by Xin Baoer's indifferent attitude and yelled that she had no conscience.

Xin Baoer still had food in her mouth. It was very interesting to see her get so angry. After all, she was the one who teased and suppressed her when they were together before. She chewed slowly, just watching the show.

"Speak the key."

Xin Baoer was watching with great interest, but the man on the couch had lost his patience. His already unpleasant voice was filled with impatience, making it even more terrifying and harsh.

"Okay, okay, it's really boring to be with you guys. Little Yuanyuan is more fun, but she runs too fast."

When Xin Baoer heard her mention Xiao Yuanyuan, she immediately thought of her second sister's youngest daughter Ning Yuan. She wanted to ask her how she was doing, but after looking at the atmosphere between the two men, she wisely suppressed the idea and waited and saw what would happen.

Seeing that Xin Baoer was not taking the bait, Qin Chu pouted and finally gave up struggling. He put away his playful thoughts and started to tell the story.

"After hearing that the previous dynasty had fallen, my parents took me to Shengjing. But at that time, my mother had just been pregnant with Qin Mo for a short time, and the fetus was unstable. Although my father was anxious, he also took my mother into consideration and did not walk fast. But I never expected that we could avoid Ning's attack on the city, but not his inspection outside the city."

When Qin Chu said this, he clenched his fists and his voice began to sound gritting his teeth.

"That old pervert kidnapped my mother. My father escaped at the risk of his life to protect me. After that day, my father and I started to flee while trying to find a way to rescue my mother. We hid from place to place, hiding our identities for a full ten years. My father's health became worse and worse. Five years ago, his old illness relapsed and he finally passed away."

"During the ten years of fleeing, I met many noble people, including Mo Yuanda and my master. I learned a lot of skills from him, among which the disguise and Qinggong were the best. After my father left, I had nothing to worry about. With these two skills, I successfully sneaked into the palace and found my mother. I tried my best to save the fourth prince Ning Mo, but my mother was gone long ago."

"Revenge." After Qin Chu finished speaking, Qin Mo suddenly said two words coldly.

"Yes, don't worry." Feeling his brother's emotions, Qin Chu spoke to comfort him.

"In order to protect my brother, my mother had no choice but to compromise and give herself to Ning Zei, but she was reluctant after all. After a few times, Ning Zei got tired of her. My mother took the opportunity to say that she was pregnant, making the existence of my brother more legitimate."

"But the consequence of doing so was that it aroused the jealousy of other concubines. Ning Ze was tired of my mother and stopped caring about her, allowing her to be bullied and humiliated by other concubines. As a result, she had heavy bleeding when she gave birth to Qin Mo. Although she survived in the end, she was injured and Qin Mo passed away when he was five years old. The little Mo was saved and she had to struggle to survive in the cannibalistic place of the harem."

"When I found him, his voice had been poisoned and made him hoarse. I put a lot of effort into making him able to pronounce simple words like he does today."

"The entire Ning royal family has an irreconcilable hatred for my sister and me, so we are friends, not enemies. There is no need to test each other and waste each other's manpower and resources."

At this point, Qin Chu's tone couldn't help but soften a bit, three parts showing weakness, three parts playing the victim, and four parts calmness.

Although Xin Baoer sympathizes, she cannot really empathize with the child. After all, she is not the real Xin Baoer. Moreover, she feels that she was not that lucky even though she had a father and a mother in her previous life. So the eldest child should not feel sorry for the second child. Everyone has a history of blood and tears behind them.

So her expression was somewhat intriguing, blurring the lines between sympathy and relief. She was still complaining in her mind: "Sure enough, the bloody plot is the same everywhere, it's basically the same, the formula is the same."

She was lost in thought when she suddenly felt several pairs of eyes looking at her. She immediately gathered her scattered thoughts and put on her usual gentleness and tranquility.

"Tsk, he actually learned how to change his face, that's incredible!" Qin Chu clicked his tongue.

"You're not bad either. You don't make fun of or mock people anymore. You've changed your style." Xin Baoer counterattacked.

Qin Chu curled his lips, squinted his eyes in Chu Xingchen's direction, and said with his mouth: "I can't afford to offend you."

"Coward." Xin Baoer responded to her with the same mouth shape.

"Well, even if you don't treat me as your sister, at least I saved your life." Qin Chu sat back in his chair dejectedly, looking hurt.

"It still looks better this way." Xin Baoer said leisurely.

The heavy atmosphere just now was changed to a different direction by the two people's jokes.

"I know a good doctor. Next time, find a chance and ask him to check your throat." Chu Xingchen suddenly said.

"No need." Qin Mo refused with a calm expression, looking indifferent.

"Mainly because I'm afraid you'll scare Baoer." Chu Xingchen said with a disdainful tone.

Xin Baoer was so embarrassed. Although she was frightened at the beginning, she was no longer afraid when she saw people. You brothers love and hate each other, why do you have to drag her down?

He glanced at Chu Xingchen with resentment, then turned to look at Qin Mo, who looked elegant but now had a gloomy face, and asked with inquiring eyes: "Qin Sheng is yours."

It looked like a question, but it was actually an affirmation. Seeing him looking at her, she added, "How many people like this are there?"

"No, that's it." Two concise words.

It was the first time that Xin Baoer met him, and she couldn't hear any clues from these two words, so she turned to Qin Chu for help.

Qin Chu looked embarrassed. This was the first time Xin Baoer saw her look so hesitant in all the time they had known each other. She realized belatedly that she might have asked a taboo question.

"Okay, unimportant people will do. We just dealt with two of them some time ago." Xin Baoer reacted quickly and smoothed over the words.

"How did you guess that Qin Sheng is related to us?" Xin Baoer stopped talking, and Qin Chu became curious instead.

"I have a few of her people, and I can't find out what forces they belong to, but to be able to plan such a large-scale assassination in the palace, they must be people in the palace. Even if they are not, there must be someone in the palace to support them. There is no need to check which forces are in the palace. You can know it by thinking about it. But those people are not the kind of people who would do something big without making a sound."

After Xin Baoer finished speaking, she shrugged with disdain, expressing with practical actions her disdain for those people in the palace.

"Should we thank you for your esteem?" Qin Chu also looked down on those people, but due to his personality, he couldn't help but teasing them.

Xin Baoer rolled her eyes. She was originally grateful to her. After all, she had saved her life and also worked as a psychological counselor part-time. It was for her to have the mentality she has today. In terms of rewards based on merit, Qin Chu should be the first to receive the credit.

But today she actually told her that they were originally relatives. Since she already knew it, but still had to be mysterious to tease her, her gratitude was immediately reduced by two thirds.

I have already made the decision in my heart that the process of recognition must be slowed down for three to five months.

As if they were in sync, Chu Xingchen had already spoken while she was thinking about it.

"Don't rush to recognize your relatives. Let's get the business done first. We will leave the Imperial City by the end of this year at the latest. What do you think?"

"Revenge!" Qin Mo spoke first before Qin Chu could speak.

Qin Chu looked down at Qin Mo and didn't know how to start for a moment. When she found him, he was covered with bruises and there was almost no good place on his body. The ten-year-old child had seen the warmth and coldness of human nature and the wickedness of human hearts. The hatred in his heart was something she could not empathize with, so she couldn't make a decision for him.

Xin Baoer felt the emotions of the siblings, looked at Chu Xingchen, and saw that he also looked thoughtful. After thinking about it, she couldn't help but meddle in their business.

"There are still several months left. There is plenty of time to think clearly. Think about what the dead people want most? Think about what the meaning of surviving through hardships is? Think about what you can do now that your enemy is dead?"

"If you live just for revenge, then it's simple. Find an opportunity to sneak into the old emperor's house, poison him, assassinate him, or set him on fire. As long as you are sure to kill the person you want to kill, don't worry about the consequences. If you can't fight for a life, then revenge is enough."

Xin Baoer's words were heartless, as if she was just making a suggestion, but her words were not polite at all, which made people feel uncomfortable, but they couldn't help but feel that what she said made sense.